Famous Quotes & Sayings

In the very short term there is no risk because countries have reserves and there are other suppliers.

Joe Biden

In the 21st century, the countries that thrive will be the ones where citizens know their voices will be heard because the institutions are transparent.

Stephen Kinzer

In some countries that are darlings of the West, like Egypt, everyone knows the result of national elections years in advance: The man in power always wins. In others, like Saudi Arabia, the very idea of an election is unthinkable.

Intellectual honesty is the quality that the public in free countries always has expected of historians; much more than that it does not expect, nor often get.

Wu Bangguo

In recent years, the two countries are devoted to developing a strategic cooperative partnership.

Manisha Koirala

There was a need for more films that promote friendship between the two neighboring countries and I strongly opposed films that promoted hatred.

These two countries need to go hand-in-hand into the future, and the festering disputes need to be resolved in order for that to happen,

These talks were meant to deliver for development, ... It's not good enough for the big players to strike a last-minute deal that suits them but leaves poor countries out in the cold.

This is a very important acquisition for ABN because they struggle with growth and, though Italy is not a high-growth market like in Eastern Europe, there is more potential than in the Netherlands and most other countries where ABN is present.

Not only Pakistan's but also the security of other countries in this region has been threatened.

Loretta Lynch

The 'Ndrangheta is an exceptionally dangerous, sophisticated and insidious criminal organization, with tentacles stretching from Italy to countries around the world.

Pankaj Mishra

After the oil crisis of 1973, many European countries tightened restrictions on immigrants. By then, millions of Muslims had decided to settle in Europe, preferring the social segregation and racial discrimination they found in the West to political and economic turmoil at home.

Javier Solana

The military authorities of NATO are contemplating all the possibilities so that an embargo can be guaranteed, not only by NATO-friendly countries but also for other things,

The issue is we produce so much grain. We have to export it. We don't have a level playing field. We think our subsidies are bad, but they're a fraction of what the (European Union) countries and Japan pay their farmers.

Charles Schumer

The CDC is doing great work by sending our experts to other countries to help with SARS outbreaks there,

Conrad Black

I'm not a xenophobe - I think immigration is a good thing for most countries - but they transmute the foibles of their native tongues into English in a way that's difficult to figure out.

Michiel Huisman

I learned English at school, or at least that's how it started. Also, in Holland - as opposed to some other European countries - we don't dub anything, so as a kid growing up, always watching English and American movies in their original language really helped.

I hope they don't have to move away from their countries like I did. People shouldn't have to leave their homes to pursue their dreams.

Gennaro Gattuso

In Italy we are always told to look at other countries for examples of doing things the right way, well let's see how they behave,

In developing countries people are starting to live longer,

Alvin Toffler

In Europe, countries like Finland, Sweden and Ireland are doing better than larger neighbors like Britain, France and Germany.

In a region where far too many human rights violators have escaped justice, Mexico is setting an important example that other countries should emulate.

Jamie Cullum

I lived my twenties on the road, in all different countries experiencing this momentum of a career which was taking off in its own way.

If there is not a good deal on the table for developing countries then it is better for there to be no deal at all.

If the political turmoil continues, we may need to revise growth rates in countries like Thailand." ()

If there are countries that want to politicise this file, we will react in an appropriate manner. If the file is sent, our reaction will be firm and very clear. And if that moment comes you will see it for yourselves,

I found the States a large, developed and rich country. I was surprised that they still look to smaller countries of the world to get benefits.

I know people socially who live in countries where the wealth gap is more extreme than it is in America, and they live with full-time security. They live with the threat of getting kidnapped, or they live with the threat of people invading their homes.

Jose Reyes

I'm looking forward to learning more about what other countries are doing with innovative passive safety systems. The second thing I see is the potential for collaborative research. And when you have people from so many countries in one room, you make new friends and learn about different cultures.

In our conversations, the purpose was not to draw lines. Ultimately, in the region, it's up to individual countries to determine what kind of relationship they are going to have with China.

I know for a fact we don't have the depth that some of the other countries have. But we do have a lot of heart.

what we actually want to do is let the foreigners think for us. This is what we see in the rich Middle East countries where foreigners are actually doing all the thinking and they are the ones running the show.

Dambisa Moyo

Too many African countries have already hit rock-bottom - ungoverned, poverty-stricken, and lagging further and further behind the rest of the world each day; there is nowhere further to go down.